Kanji Learning Today: Radicals
A radical （部首） is an element within a kanji that is used by some dictionaries to index the kanji. Therefore, every kanji has a radical.
For example, the kanji 払 has the radical 扌.
Attempt to visualize reading and meaning, then tap presentation to display. In the Reading cell, “|” is shorthand for the suffix “へん” (side) and “—” for “かんむり” (crown).
尢
まげあし
lame; bent leg [43]
屮
てつ
sprout; grass; left hand [45]
幺
いとがしら
thread strand [52]
广
まだれ
pocked cliff (hemp drop) [53]
廴
えんにょう
stretch; long stride [54]
廾
にじゅう(あし)
two hands; 20 (at feet) [55]
弋
しきがまえ
ceremony; stake, piling [56]
ヨ
けいがしら
pig’s head (snout) [58]
彡
さんづくり
bristle; three [59]
彳
ぎょうにんべん
step (going person) [60]
戈
ほこづくり
weapon; halberd [62]
支
しにょう
branch [extends right] [65]
攵
のぶん
strike [no with bun] [66]
斗
とます
measuring dipper [68]
方
かた
square; direction [70]
无
む（むにょう）
nothing (hiragana mu) [71]
月
つき、にくづき
moon; flesh: alt of 肉 [74]
歹
がつ|
death; bare bone [78]
殳
るまた
pike, club (katakana ru with mata) [79]
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